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Attorneys Using AI May Have Ethical Duty To Redact Docs

The trajectory of legal ethics guidance in recent years strongly suggests that as redaction technology becomes mor... (more story)

OpenAI Deal Highlights AI Hiring Risks In PERM Process

The U.S. Department of Justice's recent settlement of allegations that OpenAI discriminated against U.S. applicant... (more story)

The Future Of DOL Judge Removal Challenges After Slaughter

The U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling in Trump v. Slaughter calls into question whether U.S. Department of Labor ... (more story)

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DC Circ. Queries Feds On Immigrant Truck Driver Restrictions

D.C. Circuit judges on Tuesday questioned whether the U.S. Department of Transportation reasonably justified the safety rationale for new restrictions on commercial driver's licenses for foreign truckers or wh... (more story)

Tufts Clinches Tentative Agreement With SEIU, Averting Strike

Tufts University has reached a tentative agreement for a new union contract with the Service Employees International Union local that represents its facilities workers, the union announced Tuesday.

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NLRB Can't Force Student Info Disclosures, Stanford Says

Stanford University has urged the National Labor Relations Board to halt part of a decision ordering the university to produce a voter list for an upcoming representation election, claiming part of the decisio... (more story)

Burger King Owner Inks $18M Deal In Suit Over $1B Buyout

Burger King and Popeyes owner Restaurant Brands International Inc. has reached an $18.2 million deal with shareholders who say they were "materially uninformed" about the true value of the company's 2024 $1 bi... (more story)

Nursing Home Operator Wants Nix Of Arb. Award On Bonuses

A healthcare management company asked a Minnesota federal court Tuesday to vacate an arbitration award ordering the company to restore a bonus program and repay its employees, claiming the arbitrator "dispense... (more story)

SEIU Seeks $10K Arb. Award Enforcement For DCA Ex-Guard

A D.C. federal judge should enforce an arbitration award requiring a former Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport contractor to pay a fired security guard about $10,000 in back pay and benefits, a Service ... (more story)

Judge Halts 'Catastrophic' Fixed-Term Student Visa Rule

A Massachusetts federal judge Monday blocked a Trump administration rule that would have imposed restrictions on foreign student visas, finding that the federal government's purported justification for the swe... (more story)

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Ogletree Continues West Coast Hires With Jackson Lewis Atty

Labor and employment law firm Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC has landed a seasoned litigator from Jackson Lewis P.C. with extensive experience in ERISA and employment law matters, the firm announced Monday.

BlackBerry Settles Former Exec's Retaliation Suit Over Firing

BlackBerry has resolved a former executive's lawsuit alleging she was fired for reporting that the company's CEO sexually harassed her before assuming the top job, according to a filing in California federal court.

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Workers Look To Lock In Sweeping Workday AI Bias Class

A group of rejected job applicants asked a California federal court to grant class status to their lawsuit alleging Workday's artificial intelligence tools discriminated against workers because of their age, s... (more story)

TikTok Pay Scale Suit On Pause Pending Wash. Appeal

A Washington state court has extended a stay in a proposed class action accusing TikTok of omitting salary information from job postings, keeping the case paused while an appeals court considers whether a key ... (more story)

Charter Tells Panel It Fired Worker Over Pot Use, Not PTSD

Charter Communications denied firing a Connecticut employee over her post-traumatic stress disorder and argued before an appellate panel Tuesday that even if she had established a proper record of her diagnosi... (more story)

Ex-Coach Says Colo. School District Fueled Racial Bias

A Black former basketball coach for a Colorado school district urged a federal judge not to toss his discrimination lawsuit that claimed the district retaliated against him for raising concerns about racism in... (more story)

Calif. Labor Commissioner Can't Shake Wage-Delay Suit

A California state judge refused to toss a lawsuit accusing the state Labor Commissioner's Office of routinely taking years to process workers' wage claims, rejecting the agency's arguments that the court shou... (more story)

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Weedmaps Sex Harassment Suit Stayed Amid Arbitration Bid

Weedmaps has gotten paused a pregnancy and sexual harassment lawsuit accusing the company of fostering a hostile work environment where the CEO made "sexually demeaning" comments about women, with a California... (more story)

Former Cannabis Co. Exec Seeks $400K Over Contract Breach

New York cannabis company Ascend Wellness Holdings Inc. must fork over the $400,000 in unpaid wages and other benefits owed to a former executive, the former employee argued in federal court, saying that the c... (more story)

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Workers Want Investment Bank Pay Suit To Go On

An investment-banking enterprise and two managing directors are asking a Texas federal judge to resolve factual questions about workers' exempt status too early in the case, the employees argued, pushing the j... (more story)

Colo. Hotel Workers Sue Over Missed Rest Breaks

A Denver hotel server and bartender sued the property's management companies in Colorado state court, alleging the operators of a Hyatt Regency denied hundreds of hourly workers legally required rest breaks an... (more story)

AT&T's $1.75M Class Deal Gets Final OK In Missed Break Suit

A Washington state judge gave the final green light on Friday to a $1.75 million class action settlement to end claims that AT&T and its affiliates shortchanged Evergreen State workers on compensation for miss... (more story)

$6M Bloomberg Campaign Wage Deal Paused Over Release

A New York federal judge has kept on hold notice of a $6 million settlement resolving former Michael Bloomberg presidential campaign workers' wage claims, saying a challenge from an attorney in related litigat... (more story)

Sanford Heisler Hires Ex-DOJ Litigator As Partner In DC

Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight LLP announced Monday that it has added an attorney with a decade of experience in the Employment Litigation Section of the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division as a... (more story)